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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Furqan, verse 42

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ان كاد ليضلنا عن الهتنا لولا ان صبرنا عليها وسوف يعلمون حين يرون العذاب من اضل سبيلا

"He indeed would well-nigh Have misled us from Our gods, had it not been That we were constant To them!"—Soon will they Know, when they see The Penalty, who it is That is most misled In Path!

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  • Verse 42 of 77
  • Juz 19
  • Page 363

Word by word

  1. إِنHe would have almostin
  2. كَادَHe would have almostkāda
  3. لَيُضِلُّنَا[surely] misled uslayuḍillunā
  4. عَنْfromʿan
  5. ءَالِهَتِنَاour godsālihatinā
  6. لَوْلَآif notlawlā
  7. أَنthatan
  8. صَبَرْنَاwe had been steadfastṣabarnā
  9. عَلَيْهَا ۚto themʿalayhā
  10. وَسَوْفَAnd soonwasawfa
  11. يَعْلَمُونَwill knowyaʿlamūna
  12. حِينَwhenḥīna
  13. يَرَوْنَthey will seeyarawna
  14. ٱلْعَذَابَthe punishmentl-ʿadhāba
  15. مَنْwhoman
  16. أَضَلُّ(is) more astrayaḍallu
  17. سَبِيلًا(from the) waysabīlan

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